On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 08:55:29PM -0700, Sajid Zia wrote: > Bill Sommerfeld wrote: > > whoa! you need *both* DHCP *and* bootparams configured for each client? > > Until now, you'd only ever need one or the other, and never both. Since > > early stages boot from DHCP, this should be in DHCP too, not > > bootparams... > > > A bootparams parameter is a better approach rather than inventing a > new dhcp macro or overloading an exisiting one to provide this > information. [...]
But not everyone has a bootparams server. DHCP servers are available pretty much on every OS, but bootparams servers, not so much (and even where they are there's still the sticking point of integrated administration facilities, which are likely to be missing).
